7.1.8
बहुलं छन्दसि
Operational rule vidhi
The augment रुट् is diversely applied in the छन्दस् (Vedas).
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term बहुलम् prathamā · ekavacanaRight context छन्दसि saptamī · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
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Full reading
बहुलम् छन्दसि
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Commentary
The augment रुट् is diversely applied in the छन्दस् (Vedas).
Thus देवा अदुह्र; गन्धर्वा अप्सरसो अदुह्र ॥ Here अदुह्र is the Imperfect (लङ्) plural of दुह् ॥ Thus दुह् + झ = दुह् + रत् = अदुह्र, the त् being elided by 7.1.41. Sometimes, the augment does not take place, as अदुह्रत ॥ Owing to the word बहुल, 'diversely', the augment र is added to other affixes also, than झ ॥ As अदश्रम् in अदश्रमस्य केतवः ॥ This is the aorist in अङ् of the root दृश by 3.1.57, the guna ordained by 7.4.16, does not 'diversely' take place.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.